So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Today’s guest is a veteran journalist and well-known voice to millions of American Radio listeners. She is Tess Vigeland, CEO of Tess Vigeland Productions, an LA-based multi-media media company. For 11 years, she was the anchor for public radio’s Marketplace as well as spent 6 years hosting the personal finance show, Marketplace Money. Tess also wrote the newly published book titled, Leap: Leave A Job With No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want. This book was based off of Tess’s personal experience after she felt that “Marketplace’s Tess Vigeland” was no longer fulfilling and left her dream job to find her next calling. In her book she talks about leaping without a net with humor and honesty and shares the possibilities that are on the otherside for those willing to leap with her.Tess still keeps her radio voice warmed up serving as a backup anchor for NPR’s All Things Considered as well as shows on two local LA stations. In her “spare” time, time she writes for The New York Times, The Guardian among many others as well as serves as a professional emcee, speaker, panel moderator and interviewer.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While I was at FinCon 2015, I had the pleasure of interviewing Carl Richards with a live audience. He is a Certified Financial Planner and the director of investor education for BAM Alliance, which is a community of more than 130 independent wealth management firms located across the United States. Carl is the creator of the weekly Sketch Guy column in The New York Times and a columnist for Morningstar Advisor. His sketches are most known for taking complex financial concepts and making them easy to understand. They also served as the foundation for his first book, The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things with Money. Most recently this past March, Carl released the book The One-Page Financial Plan: A Simple Way to Be Smart About Your Money.Carl’s work has also been featured on Marketplace Money, Oprah.com, Forbes,com among others. He has also become a frequent keynote speaker at financial planning conferences and visual learning events around the globe. Carl’s artwork has appeared in a solo show at the Kimball Art Center in his hometown of Park City, Utah and other showings include The Parson’s Gallery in New York, The Shultz Museum in California and the Mansion House in London. His commissioned work is on display in businesses and educational institutions across the country.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining me today is Belinda Rosenblum, a CPA wealth expert and self-proclaimed “Chief Money Motivator.” She runs her own company, OwnYourMoney.com, which specializes in helping corporate professionals and entrepreneurs take charge of their money. Her goal is to lead a movement that will change people’s perspectives on money and transform the way we are thinking, feeling, and acting about our money. She is also the co-author of a book entitled, “Self-Worth to Net Worth: 12 Keys to Creating Wealth Inside and Out,” which provides a step-by-step approach to help build financial self-esteem. She’s also offering So Money listeners her free 10-day course to help any of you out there listening to get out of debt. How generous! It’s called the DitchYourDebtChallenge and So Money listeners can get the course by visiting http://www.ditchyourdebtchallenge.com/somoney. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is someone I've proudly worked with to help me steer my previous book launch and elevate my business. And I think what she does to help clients is simply outstanding and one of a kind. I am a little biased, but I'm very, very serious here. Teaming up with her has been hands down one of the best investments I've ever made in growing my brand. I wanna welcome today, to the show, Selena Soo.Now after working in the non-profit world making around $42,000 a year, in New York City, which is hard in this city believe it or not. The most expensive city in the world! Selena decided in 2012 to go to business school and change gears, just go into a whole new career. And at first she was interested in PR, but realized that it just didn't give her the opportunity to do her favorite thing, which is to connect with people genuinely, without an agenda. So she decided to explore the idea of becoming a publicity and business coach, a service that she herself had paid for many times.Fast forward to today, she is a highly sought after business and publicity coach for visionary entrepreneurs, experts, and authors. And through her company, S2 Groupe, she helps her clients increase their visibility, build powerful relationships, and develop solid business strategies so they can reach the masses with their message. Selena writes for Forbes, Huffington Post, and Positively Positive.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of Ask Farnoosh, I answer your biggest questions about renovating vs building your dream home, how to pay for graduate school, the importance of having an internship and more. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s guest is Alan Moore, a Certified Financial Planner and the co-founder of XY Planning Network, a fee-only RIA and location independent financial planning firm. Alan co-created this company because him and his business partner felt that Gen X- and Gen Y-ers were being ignored by the bigger, traditional financial planning firms; so they wanted to fill this void with the creation of this company. He is also the President of Serenity Financial Consulting, LLC, located in Milwaukee, which specializes in providing financial planning advice and investment management services to individuals or families in order to achieve their financial goals on an as-needed or hourly basis.Alan has been recognized for his work by Investment News, naming him among the “40 Under 40” in financial planning and by Wealth Management as one of “The 10 to Watch in 2015.” He is frequently speaking on behalf of topics including technology, marketing as well as business coaching and his quotes have been included in articles in publications from The Wall Street Journal to Forbes to The New York Times and more.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When I set out to start this podcast, I wanted to create a show where successful people could share their stories and advice through an open conversation about money, and hopefully inspire the listeners that they can do it too. My guest today, Adrienne Dorison has that same goal in mind in her business. Adrienne has created a 10 session and a VIP Intensive program to create your “Rich Life,” which she defines as all about self-mastery to reach your highest potential, creating freedom, financial success and lasting fulfillment. In this program, you receive coaching sessions, online support, access to her mastermind group of entrepreneurs and much more.A little more about Adrienne…she paid off $45K of student debt in just 6 months, has had a career at a prestigious Fortune 500 company, and is an accomplished athlete – she has even won a long distance triathlon!For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I have the great pleasure and privilege of speaking with a fantastic award-winning journalist, Sharon Epperson. Sharon is currently a correspondent for CNBC covering the commodity markets and personal finance. She also appears on other NBC news shows like The Today Show and Nightly News, I'm sure you've seen her on television. She reports on a daily basis from the New York Mercantile Exchange where she covers the Energy Markets. She's won numerous awards include a Gracie Award for Outstanding Online Host for her financial advisor playbook video series on CNBC.com and the Trailblazer of the Year Award from the New York Association of Black Journalists. Sharon has a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology and Government from Harvard, and a Master's in International and Public Affairs from Columbia. So interesting that she ended up as a financial journalist and she talks about that journey, how she became the woman that she is today. What was the path that took her to CNBC? The opportunities that led her to financial journalism. You know she admits she was a little unsure of covering business news as a young reporter. We also discuss why Sharon is not worried about the fluctuations in the market place. This interview was recorded in late August when, as we know, the markets went on quite a rollercoaster. We had a tumultuous end to August and so what does Sharon make of all these heavy moves in the market, and what are her predictions as we go into the fall? The financial lessons she learned from launching her parents - that's another topic that we talk about with Sharon because she says, interestingly enough her parents did not really talk about money, but she still learned quite a bit from mom and dad and she shares that with us.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s guest considers herself a “global citizen” and documents her travels and fashion through a blog, a wildly successful YouTube channel and popular Instagram account (just shy of 1M followers popular...WOW!).  Her name is Mimi Ikonn a co-founder of Luxy Hair and YouTube sensation.On her YouTube channel she documents tutorials from everything to her morning and nighttime routine to her favorite outfits to how to clean out your closet. Before becoming a successful entrepreneur she dropped out of the International Business Program at Seneca College in her second year to later become a Certified Image Consultant.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of Ask Farnoosh, I answer your biggest questions about moving back in with your parents to pay down debt, budgeting for annual vacations, how freelancers should plan for their taxes and more. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.